Halo for pc

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i just got halo forpc and it lags like hell
i meet all of the reqirements

my specs:

atholon xp 2000+ 1.6 GHz

nvidia geforce FX 5200 128 mb vid card

512mb of ram

cable modem


required specs:

128 mb ram

733 mhz

32 mb vid card

56k modem



can anyone tell me what to do to stop the lag besides lowering the settings
 

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yeah, halo runs coo on my friend's pc, and his pc is an old box... try changing your screen resolution ;)
 

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i did try lowering the screen resoulution to 800X600 but i dont think i saw a difference it lags alot even when i put the graphics on LOW and took everythign off im gonna try to play it again
 

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hmm, thats odd, my sys is a 1.6 p4, 64 mb geforce 4 mx440, 512 ddr, etc, and i run halo fine at 800x600 with full detail and no lag(no dx9 effects, cause i have an 8.1 card.)

the only thing i can think of would be to dll the latest drivers for your vid card, etc.
 

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d2 lagged my computer hard core and i got

2.0 ghz 233 front side bus

128 mb ddr pc 2100

Prosavage 16 mb integrated graphix

i was like wtf what i had to do is config my video card and it runs uber fast now =D try that
 

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Originally posted by BH_Naft

the only thing i can think of would be to dll the latest drivers for your vid card, etc.

when i first got my GeForce fx i installed a program and then i reformatted my comp it still recognized geforce fx so i didnt botehr installing the disks it came with



so maby do u think thats the problem?
 

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Originally posted by ApocalypseCOW
atholon xp 2000+ 1.6 GHz

nvidia geforce FX 5200 128 mb vid card

512mb of ram

cable modem
Suuuuuuuuurrrre you do, and I use DS3, 1024mb of rm, GeForce FX 5800, and it comes with my 19in. Digital DSP LCD monitor, all packed with a water cooling system. Either your really stupid or you lying.
 

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I hate Halo...

But anyways
People always say "Cable Modem"... but what speed? 64, 128, 256, 512, .... A T1??
Chances are it is your ISP, same thing for me and warcraft. It lags and I get D/C but I have a CM with IDSN (64k) and it sucks.
 

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halo is very very addicting....and now for your problem...im going to add adware or possible memory glitches. DO you have filesharing programs? my comp used to lag like hell when i played wc3, and then when i cleaned up my comp, it ran perfectly fine.
 

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Umm, this will end the argument. Me and my friends have halo (obviously ripped) and play it at lans. We host servers and play them over 100MBS. LAN is way faster than cable and guess what?

It lagged really bad. The host would always win because he had no lag. Everyone else would be laggin while the server host was just winning by 20 frags sometimes. It is EXTREMELY sad when you can't play a game over a lan. Lans are supposed to be fast...and thus I blame it on the game and on microsoft. Microsoft ruined halo for pc.....

NOTE: We all run fairly fast computers, and I guarantee you that it isn't performance. Halo is laggy online, period. Netcode was fished out of a dumpster.
 

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Re: Re: halo for pc

Originally posted by FakeNameHere
Suuuuuuuuurrrre you do, and I use DS3, 1024mb of rm, GeForce FX 5800, and it comes with my 19in. Digital DSP LCD monitor, all packed with a water cooling system. Either your really stupid or you lying.
dude why would i lie if i needed help?

and i played it with 640X480 it stopped lag but the detaling on my guns looks liek its from doom 2 and i downloaded the update for my video card but it didnt do any improvements that i noticed


BTW: is kontiki considered a p2p program?
 

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Re: Re: Re: halo for pc

Originally posted by ApocalypseCOW
dude why would i lie if i needed help?

and i played it with 640X480 it stopped lag but the detaling on my guns looks liek its from doom 2 and i downloaded the update for my video card but it didnt stop any lag


BTW: is kontiki considered a p2p program?
Halo is extremely unoptimized too. That is why you probably got lag. It is a straight port from Xbox, and that is why it lags.
 

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(btw, aragorn posted before i did...so this goes to apoc)
you would if you were an...ATTENTION WHORE
 

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Originally posted by TheRisingSun
(btw, aragorn posted before i did...so this goes to apoc)
you would if you were an...ATTENTION WHORE
Dude he is just looking for help...not for fights. Pull down the fists and just listen.

"First seek to understand, then to be understood."
 

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Ok Tell me how bad I will lag if I play with these specs:

349 Mhz Intel Pentium II
192 MB Ram
Shitty Video Card
Cable Modem(128 I Think)
Windows XP
1064x768 Resolution

My Comp sux so bad..but I wanna play..what do you think?
 
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